Professor Peter Baganz DMLC ’87 presented “Projects and Techniques for Teaching Social Studies” at the Minnesota High School Teachers’ Conference in October.
a New Ulm ad hoc committee exploring local sales tax. Finally, he served as chaplain for the MLC Alumni Tour to New England this summer.
Professor Emeritus Ronald Brutlag DMLC ’67 was called by Risen Savior-Orlando FL to develop and open their new school, Risen Savior Academy.
Professor Paul Koelpin WLS ’90 was a delegate at the 2015 WELS Convention and preached the opening service sermon on 1 Corinthians 15, “Won in Christ.” In August, he presented “An Historian Looks into the Future: Perspectives on the Meaning and Uses of History” as part of a St. John-Wood Lake MN lecture series called Grandviews from the Vineyard. Finally, he presented “The Unique Features of the Gospels,” a two-evening series at the St. Mark-Eau Claire WI family Bible school.
Professor James Danell WLS ’90 was appointed to the WELS Commission on Inter-Church Relations. Also, he recently concluded five months of service as vacancy pastor at Trinity-Nicollet MN. Professor Brian Dose WLS ’85 presented “Lutheranism and Literature” at the B. W. Teigen Reformation Lectures at Bethany Lutheran College in October. Dr. James Grunwald DMLC ’76 chaired the Commission on IT and Distance Learning meeting for the National Council for Private School Accreditation in Silver Spring MD in June. He also presented “Blend, Enhance, Flip: Recipes for Hybrid Learning” at the WELS Pacific Northwest Pastor/Teacher Conference in Leavenworth, Washington, in October. Professors Emeriti Susan Haar DMLC ’65 (pictured) and Carla Melendy PhD presented “Let’s Explore ECE Math and Science,” a twoday inservice for Dakota-Montana District early childhood teachers, at Great Plains LHS in June. Professor Daryl Hanneman DMLC ’75 presented “Promoting Success Among Exceptional Children” at the Wisconsin Lutheran State Teachers’ Conference in October. Professor J. Lance Hartzell DMLC ’71 presented “The 40 Years in the Wilderness” at the 40th anniversary of Faith-Anchorage AK in August. Professor Grace Hennig DMLC ’89 earned a Smithsonian Folkways Certificate in World Music Pedagogy at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul MN. Professor Emeritus Arnold J Koelpin WLS ’58 presented “Prairie Tales of Southwest Minnesota,” a four-session New Ulm community education offering, in February. He taught “Schooling for Life: The Significance of the Reformation Today,” a five-day satellite course offered by Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary at MLC in July. He presented “The Significance of the Reformation Today” to the Mankato-New Ulm-Redwood Falls Pastors’ Conference in September and “The Lutheran Reformation: Breakthrough and Baseline for Christian Life and Action,” an open lecture at Samuel-Marshall MN in October. He was appointed to serve on 30 mlc-wels.edu
Professor Douglas Lange WLS ’82 presented a Bible study on Ezekiel at the Pacific Northwest District Pastors’ Institute at Evergreen LHS in June. Dr. John Meyer DMLC ’87 is helping facilitate a pilot program for the professional growth of veteran WELS teachers. Along with Commission on Lutheran Schools (CLS) Administrator James Rademan DMLC ‘82, he is training the principals of five pilot schools to implement formative supervision practices. With Professor Jonathan Schaefer MLC ’02 and Dr. Jeff Wiechman DMLC ’90, he presented “Supervision for Growth” in September. He and Schaefer also presented “Learning-Focused Supervision” at the South Central District Teachers’ Conference in Lowell, Arizona, in October. Professor Thomas Nass WLS ‘82 participated in official doctrinal discussions with representatives of the Church of the Lutheran Confession in January, April, and August. He also submitted over 1000 translation suggestions to the Holman Christian Standard Bible on behalf of the WELS Translation Liaison Committee this year. Instructor Brent Nolte DMA DMLC ’94 presented an organ recital in Chapel of the Christ in August and played for an organ rededication service at St. Paul-Athens WI in October. Professor Jonathan Roux MLC ’95 presented “Teaching Religion 2.0 – Revisiting a Classic,” a double sectional at the Minnesota District Teachers’ Conference. He and Dr. Cindy Whaley DMLC ’76 presented a sectional on the English/Language Arts Common Core State Standards at the Nebraska/Dakota-Montana District Teachers’ Conference in October. Professor Jonathan Schaefer MLC ’02 presented “Analyzing Student Work” and led a Beginning Teachers’ Forum at the Michigan District Teachers’ Conference in October. Also in October he presented “Standards to Maximize Student Learning” at the Wisconsin Lutheran State Teachers’ Conference.